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Genus: Lantana

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Asterids >  Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales>  Family: Verbenaceae

Lantana camara

All seed producing species or seed producing hybrids of Lantana that are non-indigenous to Africa are declared Category 1 invasive plants in South Africa.

Herbivores in southern Africa

Coelonia mauritii

Caterpillars recorded eating the leaves of Lantana camara.

Lepidoptera: Sphingidae (hawkmoths)

  
 

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